title: Characterization of SCaMC-3-like/slc25a41, a novel calcium-independent mitochondrial ATP-Mg/Pi carrier.
abstract: The SCaMCs (small calcium-binding mitochondrial carriers) constitute a subfamily of mitochondrial carriers responsible for the ATP-Mg/P(i) exchange with at least three paralogues in vertebrates. SCaMC members are proteins with two functional domains, the C-terminal transporter domain and the N-terminal domain which harbours calcium-binding EF-hands and faces the intermembrane space. In the present study, we have characterized a shortened fourth paralogue, SCaMC-3L (SCaMC-3-like; also named slc25a41), which lacks the calcium-binding N-terminal extension. SCaMC-3L orthologues are found exclusively in mammals, showing approx. 60% identity to the C-terminal half of SCaMC-3, its closest paralogue. In mammalian genomes, SCaMC-3 and SCaMC-3L genes are adjacent on the same chromosome, forming a head-to-tail tandem array, and show identical exon-intron boundaries, indicating that SCaMC-3L could have arisen from an SCaMC-3 ancestor by a partial duplication event which occurred prior to mammalian radiation. Expression and functional data suggest that, following the duplication event, SCaMC-3L has acquired more restrictive functions. Unlike the broadly expressed longer SCaMCs, mouse SCaMC-3L shows a limited expression pattern; it is preferentially expressed in testis and, at lower levels, in brain. SCaMC-3L transport activity was studied in yeast deficient in Sal1p, the calcium-dependent mitochondrial ATP-Mg/P(i) carrier, co-expressing SCaMC-3L and mitochondrial-targeted luciferase, and it was found to perform ATP-Mg/P(i) exchange, in a similar manner to Sal1p or other ATP-Mg/P(i) carriers. However, metabolite transport through SCaMC-3L is calcium-independent, representing a novel mechanism involved in adenine nucleotide transport across the inner mitochondrial membrane, different to ADP/ATP translocases or long SCaMC paralogues.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Molecular, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa UAM-CSIC, Universidad Autónoma, CIBER de Enfermedades Raras, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Traba
authors.forename: Jorgina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Satrústegui
authors.forename: Araceli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: del Arco
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D027321:Anion Transport Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D000226:Mitochondrial ADP, ATP Translocases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D027321:Anion Transport Proteins; C535088:Slc25a41 protein, mouse; D010758:Phosphorus; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000226:Mitochondrial ADP, ATP Translocases; D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium